Bottle carrier



1950 w. M. BASSICHIS 2,506,331

, BOTTLE CARRIER Filed June 19, 1946 v \i' h WW g all INVENTOR. WILLIAM BASSICH l5.

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Patented May 2, 1950 BQ T E a ma William. M-. Bassichis, Cleveland: Heights, Ohio, assignmt. tQICOIWQnient Carrier. Corporation. G vela st Qhia; a rporati n. of O ie Antwa June .,Sei N 77 8 9.

7; Claims.

This invention relates to bottle carriers. of the type 'f'c'rmed'from fabricated sheet-metal.

One of the objects'of the invention: is to pro.- vide a handle for a bottle carrier having-laterally disposed arms on. the lower ends thereof which constitute s'e'parators for the bottles assemble'd'wi'thin the carrier.

Another object-eithe invention isto provide a bottle separator whieh rnay be lowered within the carrier to accommodatethe ready assembly of the bottles herein andelevated to bottle supporting position upon adjustment of the handle. Anotherobject .ofthepinvention is to provide a bottle carrier which is constructed fromv a limited number of parts .anddesigned to accommodate the assenbi of the structure with a minimum number of connections.

'Still further objects of the inventionreside inthe. provision of a bottle carrier which i light in weight, efiicient of operation, sturdy of :structure and economicahof' manufacture.

Other objects and advantages more or less ancillary to' the foregoing and the manner in which all the various objects are realized will appear in the following description, which, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, sets forth the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of an improved bottle carrier illustrating the handle and bottle separator in their elevated position;

Fig. 2 is a, longitudinal section through the carrier illustrated in Fig. 1 with the handle and bottle separators in their lowered positions;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof, a portion of the handle being broken away in the interest of clarity; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the carrier, the section being taken on the plane indicated by the line 4--4 in Fig. 3.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 3, the bottle carrier comprises a U-shaped cradle I formed of a continuous strip of metal of a width slightly greater than the diameter of one of the bottles to be supported thereon. The upper ends of the vertical arms of the cradle ID are welded or otherwise secured to a band ll constituting the supports for the sides of the bottles. The band II is preferably formed of two U-shaped sections having the free ends l2 thereof bent inwardly and laterally to form a closed guideway for the reception of the vertical arms [3 of the handle or bail M. The transverse'portion of increase the rigidity. thereof: and eliminate the sharp edges on the; surface. normally grasped when the carrier is in use. The lowerfree ends. of the handle are twisted and bent inwardly to form arms It which are disposed as. shown in Fig. 3 in the plane of thelongitudinal axis of the carrier andJparallel to the fioorof the base thereof. The ends of the-arms are :bentv around a mandrelto formcylindrical buffers. [5.1013 a diameter which will. arrest lateral movement of the; bottles disposed. in. contiguous relation thereto.

, When the handle is: dropped tonits. lowered position, the armsli-w ill rest upon. thebaseof the frame and thus. accommodate the ready entry or removal of the bottles from the carrier. When, however, the-loaded carrier is lifted by the handle, the arms ['5 and buffers It will be elevated into engagement with the .side walls of the bottles andthus prevent undue lateral move.- ment thereof.

The topof :the handle, whendepressed, will lie in a pl'ane-below-the top s ofthe crowns. of the bottles so that theloaded carriers maybe stacked one upon the other.

It will be noted that the framing structure of the improved carrier comprises a single strip of metal that forms the cradle I0, two pieces forming the side and end bands II and a single piece that forms the handle and separators. Moreover, that the assembly of the carrier may be effected by merely attaching the side wall strips to the cradle [0; hence, it will be seen that the cost of manufacture of the improved carrier is materially less than other carriers heretofore constructed wherein the separators were made as separate units which were welded or otherwise attached to the frame. It will also be recognized that no sacrifice is suffered in the function of the carrier but on the other hand the improved carrier possesses the added advantages of ready loading, unloading and stability of the load by the improved structure.

Although the foregoing description is necessarily of a detailed character, in order that the invention may be completely set forth, it is to be understood that the specific terminology is not intended to be restrictive or confining, and that various rearrangements of parts and modifications of detail may be resorted to without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as herein claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A bottle carrier comprising a rectangular the handle I 4 is preferably channeled in order to B5 band of sheet metal formed to encompass two rows of three bottles, a U-shaped band depending therefrom for the support of the bottoms of the bottles, a handle disposed parallel to the major axis of the rectangular band and mounted on the end walls of the U-shaped band for vertical sliding movement relative thereto, bottle separators formed on the lower ends of said handle, and circular buffers on the ends of said separators disposed between the center and end bottles in the two rows thereof.

2. A bottle carrier comprising a rectangular receptacle for the reception of a plurality of bottles arranged in pairs, a supportiong handle mounted on the receptacle, arms formed on the lower ends of the handle, and bufiers on the ends of said arms eng-ageable with the side walls of the end pairs of bottles in the receptacle.

3. A bottle carrier comprising a cradle of channel section for the support of a plurality of bottles arranged in rows of pairs, side rails mounted on the vertical arms of said cradle, the ends of the side rails being bent inwardly and laterally defining guideways, a handle mounted for vertical sliding movement in said guideways, the free ends of the handle being twisted and constituting bottle separators, and buffers formed in the ends thereof for engagement with the side walls of four contiguous bottles in the carrier.

4. A bottle carrier comprising a rectangular receptacle for two rows of standing bottles, a handle disposed parallel to the rows of bottles and mounted on the ends of the receptacle for vertical sliding movement relative thereto, bottle separators extending from the lower ends of said handle between the rows of bottles, and bufiers on said separators adapted to engage the side walls of four adjacent bottles.

5. A bottle carrier comprising a container including a portion adapted to support a, plurality of bottles and a portion adapted to encompass the bottles to retain them on the support, a supporting handle for the container mounted thereon for limited vertical sliding movement, and a. lateral extension at the lower end of th handle formed with an enlarged end adapted to engage four bottles immediately adjacent the enlargement for separating the bottles movable with the handle from a position adjacent the supporting means to a position removed from the supporting means.

6. A bottle carrier comprising a container including a portion adapted to support a, plurality of bottles and a portion adapted to encompass the bottles to retain them on the support, a supporting handle for the container mounted thereon for limited vertical sliding movement, and means on the handle for separating the bottles movable with the handle from a position adjacent the supporting means to a position removed from the supporting means, the separating means comprising a laterally extending arm terminating in an enlargement adapted to lie between and engage the sides of four adjacent bottles.

7. A bottle carrier comprising a cradle of channel section for the support of a plurality of bottles arranged in rows of pairs, side rails mounted on the vertical arms of said cradle, the ends of the side rails being bent inwardly and laterally defining guideways, a handle mounted for vertical sliding movement in said guideways, the free ends of the handle constituting bottle separators, and bufiers formed in the ends thereof for engagement with the side walls of four contiguous bottles in the carrier.

WILLIAM M. BASSICHIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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